The Big Data Fundamentals & Best Practices course provides the fundamental knowledge and insight on Big Data that you need to know to be a successful Data Professional. Big Data Fundamentals & Best Practices provides a comprehensive overview of big data concepts, terminology, and systems combined with the effective best practices that successful data professionals are using to gain substantial benefit from one of the most important ass...

The goal of every data initiative is to drive smarter decisions and deliver better outcomes. But that won't happen unless security is front and center in the data evolution. Join us online Wednesday, July 13 from 2 p.m.-2:50 p.m. ET to hear from government and industry experts about how to create a secure data ecosystem. These data ecosystems should have a seamless process for analyzing and sharing data, data that you can use to make measurabl...

Confluent, AWS, Databricks, and MongoDB are coming to New York. Today’s customers expect real-time data from businesses. To rise to these expectations, modern organizations are deploying data streaming technology, the most popular of which is Apache Kafka. Join us to talk through what “a day in the life” of data professionals who work with Kafka looks like now, and what Confluent’s cloud-native, Kafka-based platform can...

NASA’s satellites are collecting terabytes of valuable data every day. The US Geological Survey (USGS) uses that data to evaluate coastal erosion. In turn, the State of Washington uses USGS's analysis to develop and implement new infrastructure plans to prevent mudslides and other dangerous situations. This is just one example of a single dataset supporting multiple government agencies and multiple missions to serve the public. This is t...

Zero trust is at the cornerstone of every agency’s cybersecurity plan. But, that being said, Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO 14028) raises many questions, despite reams of guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the White House Office of Management and Budget. Questions like what actually is zero trust? How is it different from previous cyber strategies? Jo...

Is your organization’s culture data-driven? Data is everywhere, and government agencies are constantly being told to use it to make better-informed decisions, but how do you actually do that? With so many different kinds of data and so many different ways of using it, it can be hard to know where to begin. Join us online Wednesday, March. 9 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT to gain insights from government and industry experts about how you and yo...

Ransomware, which worms its way in via phony emails or stolen passwords, is the top concern of government cybersecurity professionals - and it should be a top concern of yours, too.As the workforce became more distributed and internet-facing technologies became core to continuity of operations, cybersecurity’s role in meeting government’s essential mission grew in importance.Join us online, Wednesday Mar. 2 at 2 p.m. ET to learn fr...

Data has become the lifeblood of federal, state and local agencies’ missions, allowing more nimble, informed and effective operations and service. It drives almost every aspect of government services, from cyber threat detection, to mission critical support operations at civilian and military agencies, to externally-facing customer services. Understanding how to harness that data and use it in new, innovative ways remains a continuing ch...

Moving is often difficult, time consuming and downright tedious. Packing boxes, throwing out old items, bubble wrapping, the list goes on and on. For many government agencies, the idea of migrating to the cloud feels the same way. But it doesn’t have to. Join us online Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. ET to hear from government and industry experts as they talk through how to drive cloud transformation efforts with minimal disruptions. Specif...

City services are essential and must continue - even in the midst of an ongoing pandemic. In Orange County, California the court system needed to figure out a way to digitally track their staff, vaccination status, time off and caseloads to ensure the judicial system continued to move forward. The answer came in the form of data analytics and machine learning.Join us online Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. ET to hear how Orange County was able to...